HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue
Cnr. McLachlan Street and 1 Dellas Avenue TEMPLESTOWE, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
Of local significance as a well designed house by architect, John Reid, which is typical of its period in a neo-brutalist style and of Reid's work in Templestowe. It relates particularly well to its steep site, making the most of a suburban block.
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HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
8.02 - Architects
HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue - Physical Description 1
This house, situated on the south-west corner of McLachlan Street and Dellas Avenue, is a clinker brick rectangular pavilion house, on an elevated steeply sloping site. The roof is pitched at a similar slope to the land, with clerestories above. There is a cantilevered deck on the front (north) elevation and a chimney. The timber is stained dark brown and the house is set amongst eucalypts, with a spectacular view of the Yarra River.
It comparable to other Reid houses such as 7 Ranleigh Rise, 10-12 Enfield Avenue, 42 Melbourne Hill Road, and 9-11 Pine Avenue, as well as the Templestowe Uniting Church (Refer to separate citations in this Study for all these places) and some of Robin Boyd's houses.
HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue - Physical Conditions
Condition Excellent
HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue - Integrity
Integrity Intact
HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue - Physical Description 2
Threats Sale, Demolition
HOUSE AT Cnr. McLachlan Street & Dellas Avenue - Physical Description 3
Key elements
Building
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading: Local
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MENLOVictorian Heritage Register H2294
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